Photocatalytic activity of Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄@polyaniline decorated BiOCl for azo dye degradation under visible light - integrated role and degradation kinetics interpretation.

ABSTRACT: Herein, we demonstrated the excellent improvement in photocatalytic degradation performance of BiOCl upon facile heterogeneous decoration with an integrated Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄@polyaniline nanocomposite for an organic pollutant, methyl orange dye (MO), under visible light irradiation. The physico-chemical nature of the heterogeneous nanocomposite was characterized by XRD, FTIR, HRTEM-EDX and XPS analyses. The tuning of the band gap and optical sensitivity of BiOCl using Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄@polyaniline were measured by DRS, PL and EIS techniques. To validate the transformation of the BiOCl photocatalyst to a visible light active photocatalyst due to the incorporation of Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe_2</

SUBMITTER: Tanwar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062050 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature